India, Oct. 5 -- College of Engineering, Pune, Technological University (COEP Tech) on Saturday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Bajaj Auto Ltd to establish the Bajaj Engineering Skill Training (BEST) Centre. With the partnership, COEP Tech becomes the first state university in India to host the BEST programme.

Under the collaboration, COEP Tech will introduce two verticals of the BEST programme, which will be incorporated into the BTech curriculum: electric mobility, hosted by the department of electrical engineering, Electronics Manufacturing Systems (EMS)/electronic pre-compliance (EPC), hosted by the department of electronics and telecommunication engineering.

These courses will be offered as open electives across all...